Creative Writing Pathways

Foundation Courses

Creative Writing Introduction The Secrets of Writing Well Improve Your Grammar Foundation Courses have no prerequisites.

Optional Genre Seminars & Technique Workshops
Ignite Your Creativity: The Artist’s Way Finding Your Voice Writing: The Mind Game Genre Workshop: Research for Fact and Fiction Writers Mystery Workshop Genre Workshop: Conflict and Dialogue The Creative Process How to Get an Agent for your Novel: A Writer's and an Agent's Perspective Travel Writing	Blogs, Blurbs and Columns-Expressing Yourself As A Foodie! *Basic Screenwriting Writing the Query The Rejection Club Screenwriting I Workshop Screenwriting II Workshop Short Fiction Creative Nonfiction Newspaper and Magazines

Creative Writing Tracks
Fiction Track	Nonfiction Track	CHILDREN'S Books Track
Novel: Story Prerequisite: Creative Writing Introduction Novel: Plot Prerequisite: Novel: Story	Narrative Nonfiction I: Ideas & Elements Prerequisite: Creative Writing Introduction   Narrative Nonfiction I: Organize & Implement Prerequisite: Narrative Nonfiction I	·         Children's Track: Formats Prerequisite: Creative Writing Introduction   ·         Children's Track: Genres Prerequisite: Children's Track: Formats

Final Courses:  All Tracks

All Tracks: Chapters All Tracks: Revision All Tracks: Polish SMU Writer's Seminar In New York (To view a list of prerequisites, click here)

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*Formula For Success:

The SMU Writer’s Seminar in New York serves as a culmination of the SMU Continuing Education Creative Writing Program, and as such, carries several prerequisites. These prerequisites help our students move from course to course within the program along pre-determined “paths” that contribute to their success and help to ensure that students gain certain skills before moving on to the next level. In addition, following these prerequisites helps to ensure the highest level of quality for the SMU Writer’s Seminar in New York applicants.

For complete program information, including program “paths,” course dates and times, and New York Seminar prerequisites, please visit www.smu.edu/creativewriting.